SIDE 1

JACK

Yeah! Nice to meet you!

(HENRY watches the TRICERATOPS exit, pleased that JACK and ANNIE have made friends. He gently pats ANNIE on the head. ANNIE nuzzles into HENRY. #7  HENRY S MAGIC begins.)

ANNIE

Let s call this one, _x001c_ Henry._x001d_

JACK

He isn t the dog next door, Annie.

ANNIE

Can I call you Henry, Henry? (HENRY nods, makes a confirmation sound.)

HENRY

Yuuuhhhhuuhhnn.

ANNIE

I think he understands me.

JACK

You're nuts.

ANNIE

(looking into Henry's eyes)
I don t know, Jack, there s something magical about Henry. Henry, is it okay if we look around some more?

HENRY

Pwaaaaa.

(HENRY squawks, nods and flies away. ANNIE watches him go, then spots something in the distance and excitedly takes off. JACK makes final notes in his notebook.)

JACK

_x001c_ Mouth like scissors. And& nice._x001d_

SIDE 2

JACK

Oh no!

ANNIE

What?

JACK

My backpack! I left it under the ferns. I have to go back.

ANNIE

Forget it, Jack.

JACK

I can t. We need it. I ll explain later. You stay here in the tree house and I ll

ANNIE

But

JACK

(stern)
For once in your life will you just do what I ask without arguing?

SIDE 3

JACK

Nobody will ever believe our story.

ANNIE

The trees might.

JACK

(laughing)
Right. We better go before Mom starts to worry.

(ANNIE, stalling, straightens out the other books. JACK helps her.)

SAPLINGS

But wait! What about Henry? And the gold medallion that Jack found? The one with the _x001c_ M_x001d_ on it? What does the _x001c_ M_x001d_ stand for?

STUMP

Maybe it stands for mystery?

SAPLINGS

Or mystery person! Do you think it stands for _x001c_ mystery person_x001d_ ? And who is the mystery person?

OTTO

Let s save a bit for tomorrow, shall we?

(ANNIE moves to the ladder, but stops before she climbs down.)

ANNIE

Jack, promise me. Tomorrow.

JACK

Yep.

ANNIE

We ll come back to the woods

JACK

Yep.

ANNIE

And we ll climb back in the tree house

JACK

Yep.

ANNIE

I can t wait to find out what happens next.

SIDE 4

OTTO

Then everything was still. Absolutely still.

(OTTO exits. After a moment, JACK slowly peeks his head out of the tree house window.)

ANNIE

What happened to us?

JACK

I don t know.

(ANNIE joins JACK at the window.)

ANNIE

Wh-where are we?

(JACK looks at the picture in the book and then out the window.)

JACK

I don t know, but, look& the picture in the book looks like the _x001c_ picture_x001d_ out there&

(ANNIE looks at the picture, then back outside.)

ANNIE

Yeah, exactly like it.

JACK

This can t be real.

(ANNIE still looking out the window, sees HENRY, the Pteranodon, who flies on stage and lands next to the tree house.)

ANNIE

But he s real, he s very real.

SIDE 5

(ANNIE tickles HENRY)

ANNIE

Look, Jack, he's ticklish

JACK

Annie!

(Three Triceratops, TERRI, LARRY and GARY enter, hiding behind some ferns.)

ANNIE

Jack, do you hear something?

JACK

Yeah, I...

(JACK and ANNIE listen to determine from which direction the sound is coming. It should be clear from JACK and ANNIE s reaction that they do not understand what the DINOSAURS are _x001c_ saying_x001d_ because the DINOSAURS are speaking "dinosaur" and only they can understand each other.)

TERRI

(Whispering) See, I told you I spotted something.

LARRY

Ouch, you're stepping on my toes.

TERRI

I'm just trying to get a better look. What are those things?

LARRY

They don't look like dinosaurs

TERRI

Probably flying reptiles. Like that weird little Pteranodon.

GARY

One way to find out.

LARRY

Careful! You know what they say, "Curiosity killed the Camptosaurus."

(GARY emerges from hiding and makes a friendly gesture to HENRY.)

GARY

(to HENRY) It's cool, it's cool. Don't mean to be getting in your business. Just wondering what you found here?

SIDE 6

ANNIE

What are those guys with spikes on their backs?

JACK

(pointing to picture in the book) They're called, "Ankylosaurus." (As if in a pageant, each group of DINOSAURS moves to the _x001c_ spotlight_x001d_ when they are talked about, and address their lines to the audience, as if the information in the book is coming to life.)

ANKYLOSAURUS

(to audience) Don't worry, we prefer ferns to flesh. These spikes are for protection, not destruction. We may weigh four tons, but the only way we can keep a T-Rex from flipping us over and snacking on our soft underbelly is to keep our spikes nice and... spikey.

ANNIE

I like the little ones with the frilly stuff on their necks.

JACK

Those are Protoceratops.

PROTOCERATOPS

We travel in herds because we're what you mightcall the _x001c_ runts of the dinosaur litter._x001d_ There's safety in numbers, plus, everything's more fun when you're with your friends.

ANNIE

And look at those!

IGUANODONS

We're Iguanodons. We have spikes for thumbs. Cool, huh? And even though we walk on all fours, if we need to run fast, we can really book it on two legs.

PANOPLOSAURUS

We don't have thumbs, but we have three fingers. We're called Panoplosaurus. Yeah, try and say that five times fast. It means, _x001c_ completely armoured lizard,_x001d_ but if it's easier, you can just call us, _x001c_ Tank._x001d_